sound military sense; it was the step I feared Lee would take, and to meet which, and be prepared for which was the object of my instructions to Butterfield, which he has so misrepresented.
Now, let me tell you another historical fact.
Lieutenant-General Ewell, in a conversation held with me shortly after the war, asked what would have been the effect if at 4 P. M. on the 1st he had occupied Culp's Hill and established batteries on it. I told him that in my judgment, in the then condition of trained him, he said our troops coming up (Slocum's) were visible, and Lee was under the impression that the greater part of my army was on the ground and deemed it prudential to await the rest of his — as you quote from his report.
But suppose Ewell with 20,000 men had occupied Culp's Hill, and our brave soldiers had been compelled to evacuate Cemetery Ridge and withdraw on the roads above referred to, would the Pipe Clay Creek order have been so very much out of place?
That order was to
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Dwight, Gen., II, 281.
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Ellicott, Col., I, 271.
Ellis, Rudolph, I, 384.
Ellis, Mrs. Thos. La R. (Appolline), I, 353.
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England, Mr., II, 225.
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Fairfax, Major, I, 389.
Fairfax, Mrs., I, 389.
Fair Oaks, battle of, May 31 to June 1, 1862, I, 271.
Falls, Col., I, 302.
Farias, Gomez, I, 190.
Fassitt, J. B., II, 399.
Faulkner, Charles J., II, 274.
Featherstone, W. F., I, 287, 290, 292.
Felton, Mr., II, 165.
Ferrero, Edward, II, 266, 346,
